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Gallery Notes Volume 23 Number 2

Gallery Notes Volume 23 Number 2 Page 1

The Memorial Art Gallery
OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER
GALLERY NOTES
Rochester 7, New YORK
Vol. 23, No. 2 - November-December, 1957
THE 1957 CAMPAIGN
With the last report meeting of the 1957 Membership Campaign still ahead as this edition goes to press and
with no prophetic seer on the Gallery staff willing to foretell now the drive's final results, Gallery Notes can
only hopefully cross its inky fingers and take this opportunity to thank all of the hard working campaign personnel who have done yeoman service despite a near flu epidemic and the hovering shadow of sputnik! The
Gallery also warmly welcomes all of its new and re-enrolled members and pledges a stimulating and full year
of activities for them and their families.
A MEMORIAL FOR CHARLES A. CARRUTH
Two years ago during the gala festivities of "April in Paris",
Mr. Charles A. Carruth, one of the Gallery's most devoted and
loyal friends died. During the months that have passed a group
of his friends have raised a fund to acquire as a memorial to him
an example of American folk sculpture which would summarize
not only his great knowledge and love of this particular phase of
American art, but also his robust personality and enthusiams,
his never-ending helpfulness and generosity. This month the
Gallery proudly announces the gift through the Charles Carruth
Fund of two important 18th Century American folk sculptures -
a large and dramatic eagle, dated about 1790, and a richly poly-
chromed sternboard carving, also of the 18th Century.
The sternboard sculpture - a young and curly-haired girl holding a large armorial shield - is impressively carved in almost high
relief and despite its years at sea is still in fine physical condition. It was used first on a frigate owned by the Derby family
of Salem whose coat of arms appears on the shield, and then later
graced the good ship "Angela" until it burned at Mystic, Connecticut,
in 1871. Also from 18th Century Salem comes the powerfully carved
figure of an American eagle poised in righteous might above the
curled body of a snake - the age-old symbol of justice overcoming
disunity and evil. The eagle, with its wide-spread wings and forward thrusting neck, forms a most dramatic silhouette, and is very
close stylistically to the large eagle that decorates the old Salem
Customs House. Both sculptures, together with other objects in
the Gallery's collection that Mr. Carruth was instrumental in securing for the permanent collection, will be on view this month at
the main stairway.
Mr. Andrew Wolfe was Chairman of the special Carruth Committee and serving with him were: Mr. Langdon F. Clay, Miss Isabel
C. Herdle, Mr. Howard Merritt, Mrs. Gladys Holton, Mr. Kenneth F.
House, Mrs. Gertrude H. Moore, Mrs. Joan Schild, Mrs. Homer Strong
and General Oscar Solbert.

The Memorial Art Gallery
OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER
GALLERY NOTES
Rochester 7, New YORK
Vol. 23, No. 2 - November-December, 1957
THE 1957 CAMPAIGN
With the last report meeting of the 1957 Membership Campaign still ahead as this edition goes to press and
with no prophetic seer on the Gallery staff willing to foretell now the drive's final results, Gallery Notes can
only hopefully cross its inky fingers and take this opportunity to thank all of the hard working campaign personnel who have done yeoman service despite a near flu epidemic and the hovering shadow of sputnik! The
Gallery also warmly welcomes all of its new and re-enrolled members and pledges a stimulating and full year
of activities for them and their families.
A MEMORIAL FOR CHARLES A. CARRUTH
Two years ago during the gala festivities of "April in Paris",
Mr. Charles A. Carruth, one of the Gallery's most devoted and
loyal friends died. During the months that have passed a group
of his friends have raised a fund to acquire as a memorial to him
an example of American folk sculpture which would summarize
not only his great knowledge and love of this particular phase of
American art, but also his robust personality and enthusiams,
his never-ending helpfulness and generosity. This month the
Gallery proudly announces the gift through the Charles Carruth
Fund of two important 18th Century American folk sculptures -
a large and dramatic eagle, dated about 1790, and a richly poly-
chromed sternboard carving, also of the 18th Century.
The sternboard sculpture - a young and curly-haired girl holding a large armorial shield - is impressively carved in almost high
relief and despite its years at sea is still in fine physical condition. It was used first on a frigate owned by the Derby family
of Salem whose coat of arms appears on the shield, and then later
graced the good ship "Angela" until it burned at Mystic, Connecticut,
in 1871. Also from 18th Century Salem comes the powerfully carved
figure of an American eagle poised in righteous might above the
curled body of a snake - the age-old symbol of justice overcoming
disunity and evil. The eagle, with its wide-spread wings and forward thrusting neck, forms a most dramatic silhouette, and is very
close stylistically to the large eagle that decorates the old Salem
Customs House. Both sculptures, together with other objects in
the Gallery's collection that Mr. Carruth was instrumental in securing for the permanent collection, will be on view this month at
the main stairway.
Mr. Andrew Wolfe was Chairman of the special Carruth Committee and serving with him were: Mr. Langdon F. Clay, Miss Isabel
C. Herdle, Mr. Howard Merritt, Mrs. Gladys Holton, Mr. Kenneth F.
House, Mrs. Gertrude H. Moore, Mrs. Joan Schild, Mrs. Homer Strong
and General Oscar Solbert.